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On the two-hour season finale of "American Idol" earlier this month, 29-year-old Guilford native Nick Fradiani beat out Nashville's Clark Beckham, becoming the first Idol winner from Connecticut and across the Northeast.
So what happens now?
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Fox is lowering the curtain on "American Idol," ending a series that dominated television throughout the 2000s and made stars of the likes of Simon Cowell, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.
The network announced Monday that "American...

Clay Aiken didn't reach Capitol Hill -- or "American Idol" victory -- but he will make it to his own TV series.
Esquire Network, part of NBCUniversal's cable stable, announced Wednesday that it had picked up a four-episode series about...

ASHEBORO N.C. (Reuters) - "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is back on tour. This time he is trying to win over North Carolina voters with his political chops rather than his voice, and he has less than two weeks left to do it. Polls and...

Philip Seymour Hoffman died Sunday from an apparent drug overdose, but the wait for an official cause of death isn't over: The autopsy conducted on his body didn't tell the tale clearly, and toxicology tests are still pending.
A spokeswoman from the...

From “American Idol” to Congress? Clay Aiken hopes so.
The former “Idol” runner-up has formally announced his run for Congress as a Democrat in his native North Carolina. (And yes, we are just as confused as you are.) Aiken officially...

It’s just like the old saying goes: What’s good for Clay Aiken isn’t always good for Nicki Minaj.
According to a report Wednesday from Vulture’s Josef Adalian, Fox is mulling the possibility of bringing back former “American Idol” contestants to judge...